Battersea (Prairieville, Alabama)
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| Nearest city | Prairieville, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 32°30′37″N 87°42′11″W / 32.51028°N 87.70306°WCoordinates: 32°30′37″N 87°42′11″W / 32.51028°N 87.70306°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | mid-19th Century Revival |
| MPS | Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission |
| NRHP Reference # | 94000698[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 07, 1994 |
Battersea is a historic plantation house in Prairieville, Alabama. The house was built from 1820-45 by the Vaughan family from Petersburg, Virginia and served as an early stagecoach stop.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on July 7, 1994 as a part of the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants. p. 14. ISBN 1-891647-58-X.
- ↑ Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings MPS NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
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